J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Hereford Court Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dinas Brân, with the Dee in the Foreground 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dinas Brân, with the Dee in the Foreground’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
Dinas Brân, with the Dee in the Foreground 1798
D01350
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 96
Pencil and watercolour, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 96’ bottom left, descending vertically
A comparison of this subject with that on the preceding leaf, folio 89 recto (D01311; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 57), suggests that they were drawn from almost the same spot. Turner has shifted his viewpoint only a few feet along the shore of the Dee to record the steep bank, of which a portion is visible to the left of the last drawing, and Dinas Brân with its surrounding hills.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Dinas Brân, with the Dee in the Foreground 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dinas-bran-with-the-dee-in-the-foreground-r1173230, accessed 23 April 2024.